Monitoring Resource Utilization of an Online System Based on Browser Attributes Collected for a Session

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein a weight for a browser attribute is determined based on historical values of the browser attribute collected over a past time interval.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein a weight for a browser attribute is determined based on a frequency of distribution of values of the browser attribute over a past time interval.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein each sample of browser attributes has a type, and wherein the distance between the browser attribute in the two samples of browser attributes is determined using a distance metric associated with the type of the browser attribute.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein a weight for a browser attribute is determined based on historical values of the browser attribute collected over a past time interval.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein a weight for a browser attribute is determined based on a frequency of distribution of values of the browser attribute over a past time interval.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein each sample of browser attributes has a type, and wherein the distance between the browser attribute in the two samples of browser attributes is determined using a distance metric associated with the type of the browser attribute.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein each sample of browser attributes has a type, and wherein the distance between the browser attribute in the two samples of browser attributes is determined using a distance metric associated with the type of the browser attribute.